affinity home care

Services Offered

Skilled Nursing

Physical Therapy

Occupational Therapy

Speech Pathology

Medical Social Worker

Home Health Aide

About This Agency:

This is a home health care agency. We send nurses, home aids, physical therapists, speech therapist, occupational therapist, and a medical social worker to patients at home that are in need of those services. Standards of hiring are college graduates with the proper degrees and/or certifications for the specific jobs titles. The insurances we accept include Medicare, Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, Medicare Plus Blue, and Medicare Advantage.

Quality of Care Report Updated 9-12-16

Description of Measure

Agency Score

State Average

For patients with diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor’s orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care

97 %

97 %

How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital

20 %

16 %

How often patients got better at bathing

78 %

72 %

How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed

71 %

62 %

How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth

79 %

58 %

How often patients got better at walking or moving around

96 %

66 %

How often patients had less pain when moving around

91 %

71 %

How often patients receiving home health care needed any urgent, unplanned care in the hospital emergency room - without being admitted to the hospital

10 %

12 %

How often patients’ breathing improved

89 %

71 %

How often the home health team began their patients’ care in a timely manner

78 %

89 %

How often the home health team checked patients for depression

100 %

98 %

How often the home health team checked patients for pain

100 %

99 %

How often the home health team checked patients for the risk of developing pressure sores (bed sores)

98 %

99 %

How often the home health team checked patients’ risk of falling

100 %

99 %

How often the home health team included treatments to prevent pressure sores (bed sores) in the plan of care

100 %

99 %

How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a flu shot for the current flu season

79 %

72 %

How often the home health team made sure that their patients have received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)

32 %

73 %

How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs

100 %

97 %

How often the home health team took doctor-ordered action to prevent pressure sores (bed sores)

100 %

98 %

How often the home health team treated heart failure (weakening of the heart) patients’ symptoms